Myönnetyt apurahat 2025

Mrs Behin Abadian 13 000
AI-driven misinformation and challenges in business decision making

Doctoral Candidate Anoop Adhur Kutty 3 000
Doctoral Dissertation: Expatriation and Migration: A Subaltern Perspective

Mr Oscar Ahlberg 3 000
Independent research work

MSc. Sohaib Ahmed 13 000
Doctoral thesis titled ”Digital Sustainability: How European Firms Can Thrive in the AI economy”

Doctoral Researcher Kirsi Alahuhta 13 000
PhD Project ”When to Serve? Exploring the Motives and Boundaries of Servant Leadership in Cultivating Servant Followers”

MRS Nana Serwah Appiah-Dwomoh Osei 6 000
Individual Employee’s SenseMaking of a Uniform Set of Human Resource Practices and its Effects on Employee Work-Related Wellbeing

D.Sc. (Econ. & BA) Irina Atkova 2 200
Managing tensions in transitioning towards a sustainable business model

Ms. Tiffany Berne 13 000
Empowering Young Professionals: Green Transforming and Innovative Grassroots Approaches to Sustainable Management

Assistant Professor Kushagra Bhatnagar 2 200
Participation in 2025 AMA Summer Academic Conference in Chicago

Assistant Professor in Marketing Larissa Carine Braz Becker 1 500
Participation in the 19th International Research Symposium on Service Excellence in Management (QUIS19)

Master of Science Stefan Burggraf 11 500
A multi-level exploration of well-being outcomes in service

Ms Nora Bäckman 13 000
A doctoral thesis in marketing, in the field of sustainability. Title: Top Management Commitment in Implementing Sustainable Business Models

Msc Economics and Business Administration Regina Casteleijn-Osorno 1 500
Travel grant to present work on entrepreneurship, wellbeing and motherhood

M.Sc. Yian Chen 2 200
Conference Travel Grant – Academy of International Business (AIB) – LAC 2025 Conference, 21–23 May 2025, Monterrey, Mexico

M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration Karelia Dagnaud 13 000
Doctoral dissertation: Learning and organizing for sustainability across domains of expertise

Doctor of Social Sciences, Docent in Administrative Studies Sorin Adrian Dan 1 500
Participate in EGPA 2025 conference

Associate Professor (tenure track) William Degbey 1 500
Conference

Ph.D. Carlos Diaz Ruiz 1 500
Conference fee and travel: Consumer Culture Conference 2025

PhD Sniazhana Diduc 4 000
Organizing 4th Annual European Mergers & Acquisitions Institute (eM&Ai) Conference in Helsinki

PhD Sniazhana Diduc 1 500
Assessing the Long-Term Human Impact of a Takeover. Memories fade. Do the scars still linger?

Thi Duc Hanh Doan 1 500
Travel grant for 85th Annual Meeting of Academy of Management

Linh Duong 1 500
EGOS Conference Participation

Dr. of Sc. Economics and Business Administration Anna Dziuba 1 500
Presentation at the the 41st EGOS Colloquium

Associate Professor Maria Ehrnström-Fuentes 1 500
To cover Travel Costs, and fees for European Group of Organization Studies Conference in Greece 2025.

MSc Emilia Eräpolku 9 000
Ports as Clean Energy Hubs in Decarbonizing Global Value Chains

Master of Arts Ville Eskelinen 13 000
Generational changes in a family corporation – elite status, family business and leadership development in Kone PLC 1928-1996

M. Sc. Miriam Etz 13 000
Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) in Marketing

Associate Professor, Director Johanna Frösén 130 000
Organizing high-quality methodological courses in KATAJA

Professor Mika Gabrielsson 2 200
Participation at the AIB Conference in Louisville

Professor Peter Gabrielsson 2 200
Participation in the Academy of International Business Conference 2025

Mrs. Tamara Galkina 2 200
Attending 2025 Global Marketing Conference

PhD Pelin Geyik 13 000
Ever-Evolving Consumer Socialization

Professor Nina Granqvist 20 000
Support for SCANCOR

Maik Grimberg 13 000
Mapping Information Overload in Sustainability Communication: A Conceptual Framework and Mitigation Strategies

PhD Niina Hakala 18 000
From fossil fuels to a fossil-free future: Governing strategic investments and business transformation

D.Sc. (Econ. & BA) Daria Hakola 1 500
Conference trip

Dr Theresia Harrer 1 488
Attendance of EGOS Colloquium in Athens, Greece

Assistant Professor Akram Hatami 1 500
Reorienting Towards the Other: Ethics of Exteriority

DSc Helleke Heikkinen 1 500
Participation in the 37th annual NOFOMA Conference and Educator’s Day

D.Sc. Noora Heino 1 500
Attending to BAM conference

Professor, KTT Kristina Heinonen 6 000
Conference arrangement in Helsinki

Professor, KTT Kristina Heinonen 2 200
Conference participation

KTM Milla Helminen 1 500
Travel grant for EDEN Doctoral Seminar

Econ.Dr. Heidi Herlin 1 500
Hållbarhet och cirkulär ekonomi / Sustainability and circular economics

D.Sc. (Econ.) Esa Hiltunen 1 500
Travel grant for EGOS conference Athens 2025

M.Sc. Economics / Kauppatieteiden maisteri Jyri Hoffren 12 000
Doctoral dissertation ”The interplay between SHIFT – Framework and individuals’ willingness to commit Green Sacrifice.”

Doctoral researcher Lauri Horelli 6 000
Shaping the future of Quantum Computing – Entrepreneurial storytelling in nascent fields

Ms Yuxi Hou 13 000
Servitization in Manufacturing: Examining Research Credibility, Performance Implications, and Supplier Management

Ms Emika Howard 1 500
Presentation to a conference symposium, and paper at the Academy of Management conference. Presenting in stream: Organizational Behavior.

Assistant Professor Astrid Huopalainen 10 000
Research visit to SCANCOR, Stanford University, USA

Dr. Henri Hussinki 2 200
Research paper presentation at the 34th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) 2025

Ms Nevena Isic 13 000
This research, within the Strategic Management discipline, focuses on M&A sustainability challenges and opportunities in the Nordic region.

PhD Kim Ittonen 1 500
Research visit to Bocconi University

DSc. (Economics and Business Administration) Maria Ivanova-Gongne 1 310
Travel grant for chairing a special track and participating at IMP group conference 2025

Dr. Henry Jarva 1 200
Conference presentation at NORACC 2025

Doctoral Researcher Kiril Kasimir Jolkkonen 13 000
Geopolitical Disruptions and Organizational Strategy: Lessons from Historical and Contemporary Contexts

MA Sameh Katr 5 000
Scholarly visit supporting doctoral research project on Friendships in the Workplaces

Professor Katri Kauppi 5 000
Organizing IPSERA 2026 Conference at Aalto

Professor Olli-Pekka Kauppila 14 400
The Too-Much-of-A-Good-Thing Effect in Studying Prosocial Leadership

MISS Canan Keles 13 000
Temporal, Social, and Spatial Dimensions of Everyday Entrepreneurship

Anna Kevätsalo 1 500
Attending Academy of Management Conference in Copenhagen 2025

PhD Fares Khalil 2 200
Attending Frontiers in Service 2025 conference

Hoang Khuat 13 000
The role of Non-human Actors (NHAs) in marketing communication

Ms. Marjan Kiani 13 000
Advancing Circular Economy in the Fashion Industry: Promoting Collaborative Consumption with AI Support

PhD Ewald Kibler 7 000
Advancing Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness and Innovation in an Aging Society

Miss Tamara Kirkwood-Wright 1 500
Travel grant for NOFOMA conference 2025

Miss Eunice Kisakye Cascant 1 500
Academy of Management (AOM) 85th Annual Meeting 25–29 July 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark

Docent, D.Sc (Econ. & Bus.Adm) Suvi Konsti-Laakso 1 100
ISPIM conference Bergen 2025

Doctoral Researcher Anastasiya Koptsyukh 1 435
Travel grant to EGOS Colloquium

M.Sc. Aleksi Korhonen 13 000
Dissertation: ”Strategic Insights Through Time: Historical and Longitudinal Perspectives in Organizational and Management Research”

Ms. Ksenia Kosheleva 13 000
Marketization of Arts and Culture: The Market Systems Perspective

Master of Arts (Education) Daria Kosinova 6 000
Doctoral dissertation on digital labour, recruitment, and the gendering of work. Discipline: Gender Studies.

Dr Alexei Koveshnikov 1 500
AOM 2025 conference

Dr. Ketki Kulkarni 1 500
Participation in the EUROMA 2025 conference

D.Sc. (Econ and Bus Admin) Jenni Laaksonen 1 400
Conference presentation on the topic of Constraints in the production of sustainability reporting

M.Sc. Kseniia Lashkova 13 000
Inducing customers’ well-being and brand value through engagement with the use of gamified solutions

Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration) Jiancai Liao 13 000
Building Patient Trust in AI Healthcare: Leveraging Multi-Agent Interactions to Enhance Adoption and Adherence

D.Sc. Yanqing Lin 2 200
Exploring the Impacts of Human-Robot Gender Match on Users’ Perceptions of Robots

Dr. Sc. (Econ.) Irina Mihailova 1 500
Distinctive characteristics of digital scaling firms: International scaling orientation

Ms Mitra Moghaddam Salimi 6 000
Brand Transgressions: How Unsustainability Affects Consumer-Brand Relationship

M. Sc. (Tech), MA (Psych) Merit Morikawa 830
Basic psychological needs in work contexts

Dr. Mohammad Moshtari 2 200
Production and Operations Management Conference 2025

Dr. Reza Movarrei 1 500
Presenting research ”Healthcare procurement and (medical) agency problems” in IPSERA conference

KTT, docent Hannele Mäkelä 1 500
Understanding sustainability accounting and reporting in supply chains

Martta Nieminen 1 500
Travel grant for EGOS 2025

Dr. Sci. (Tech) Emma Nordbäck 1 500
Participation in AOM 2025 conference in Copenhagen

M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) Roosa Oinasmaa 1 500
Participating the European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium 2025

Professor Arto Ojala 6 500
Managing Space Business Ecosystems for Sustainable Development

Ida Okkonen 18 000
Navigating managerial work in a bureaucratic space: Shaping professional identities during Finland’s health system transition

DSc (Econ and Bus Admin) Visa Penttilä 1 500
Conference participation with studies on leadership and corporate political action

Marcus Wallenberg Chair of International Business Rebecca Piekkari 1 500
When language becomes a liability: Experts on Russia amidst geopolitical career shock

Mrs NEELAMANI THANUJA RATHNAWEERA RAIGAMA RATHNAWEERAGE 13 000
Human Resource Management. To investigate the relationship between High-Performance Work Practices and workplace bullying in Sri Lanka

Doctoral researcher Sonja Raunio 13 000
Value of diversity among directors of listed companies

Mr Siddhant Ritwick 6 000
From Information to Knowledge: Rethinking Public-Expert Relations

Margot Rocheteau 1 500
Participation at the EurOMA 2025 Conference

Master of Research Juliana Rodrigues dos Reis 6 000
Research funding for the Doctorate Program in Management Studies, Entrepreneurship.

Alireza Safarpour 1 500
EurOMA 2025 Annual Conference Participation

Doctoral Researcher Pratik Sapkota 1 500
Conference presentation at Socio-Technical Perspectives in Information Systems (STPIS) 2025

Doctoral Researcher Muhammad Sarfraz 1 500
Migrant Employees’ workplace integration: A conceptual review

Architect MSc, MA Hanne Savolainen 1 400
Conference EGOS 2025

Mrs Thilini Nathali Seneviratne 13 000
ANTICIPATORY THINKING IN SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ISLAND ENTREPRENEURS

Doctoral Researcher Irina Sergeeva 1 000
Travel grant to the Annual Meeting of Academy of Management (AOM), 2025

Claire Shaw 1 151
Attending the Academy of Management (AOM) 2025 Annual Meeting

Dr. Ausrine Silenskyte 1 500
Presenting research at the European Academy of Management meeting (EURAM) 2025

Dr. Jenni Sipilä 10 000
CLIMATE-CONSCIOUS CONSUMPTION: PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS AND COMMUNICATION APPEALS

PhD Aleksi Soini 16 000
Post-doctoral research: Acting for Inclusion Through Employee Resource Groups: study of LGBTQ Networks in Finnish organizations

Mrs Marzieh Soleimani 13 000
The Co-evolution of Internationalization and Technology Development: Exploring Their Interconnected Dynamics

Daria Soloveva 1 500
Conference Participation

Ph.D./FT Virpi Sorsa 1 500
Academy of Management Annual Meeting

D.Sc.(Econ.); Master of Laws Isabell Storsjö 1 500
Conference presentations at POMS (Atlanta, US) and EurOMA (Milan, Italy) in May and July 2025

M.Sc. Mushonnifun Faiz Sugihartanto 13 000
Behind the Cup of Coffee – Understanding the Socially Responsible Procurement Practices in Coffee Supply Chains

Dr. Sc. (Econ.) Jennie Sumelius 6 000
Data collection

Dr. Marja Svanberg 1 500
85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM)

Master of Science Inka Sylgren 1 200
Travel grant for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Copenhagen

Dr. Sc. (Bus. Adm. & Econ), Docent Henna Syrjälä 1 500
Participation to a conference

MSc Iqra Tariq 13 000
PhD Dissertation on Exploring Impulse Buying Behavior

Doctoral Researcher Onni Tulensalo 13 000
Seduction, consumption, and the ’terminal’: Rediscovering Baudrillard’s social critique when it is most needed

KTT Virva Tuomala 1 500
Bio-based products in humanitarian medical supply chains: supply market intelligence and life cycle assessment

Dr. Maria Uzhegova 2 200
Sustainable International Growth in Small Firms

Anna-Riikka Valo 12 000
Too Smart for Our Own Good? Exploring Prophetic Authority of Wearable Technologies

Valentina Voimavuo 1 500
Travel grant for EGOS 2025 conference

M.Sc. Tiia Vuorinen 1 500
Conference visit: Unpacking actor engagement in circular economy ecosystems

Risqo Wahid 1 834
Generative AI for International Content Marketing

Mrs. Thilini Lakmini Wanduramba Mudiyanse 1 500
Managing Artificial Intelligence in International Marketing Activities in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Mr Fredrik Weibull 13 000
The Geneses of Recruitment

M.Sc. (Econ.) Kristoffer Wilén 2 200
Attending the 2025 Macromarketing Conference: Questioning markets and marketing: Advancing Macromarketing from multiple worldviews

Master of Social Sciences Jiawen Wu 1 500
PhD dissertation on Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions: Boundary Work in Collaborative Networks in Finland

Ms. Ryoko Yamada 13 000
PhD Thesis: Exploring the Impact of Virtual Work on Management Control Systems

Master of Science Baolin Yang 13 000
Doctoral Dissertation: Voice and Silence at Work: Research on Employee Voice Behaviour and Workplace Secrecy

D.Sc. (Econ.) Man Yang 1 500
What Drives Co-Evolution of Ecosystems and Actors?

MSc Wei Yao 13 000
Exploring the consequences of algorithmic management on gig workers: A multi-dimensional analysis

M.Sc. Jiayin Yu 13 000
Doctoral Dissertation: Cross-Border Digital Governance: Examining Sino-Finnish Strategic Alliances

Master of Science Maria Zhukova 4 500
Doctoral Dissertation: Essays on Responsible Banking Practices

Doctoral researcher Shaofang Zong 13 000
Sustainable global career

PhD researcher at Hanken Sickan Åberg 1 500
Participation in The Naples Forum on Service 2025